Stochastic screening is an extremely fine "randomized" dot pattern, more typical of results from high-resolution inkjet printers but sometimes available from offset printers. Inkjet printer manufacturers invest much effort to create a pattern that appears random and appears smooth. If the pattern were truly random, tiny clumps of dots could occasionally collide, making them appear blotchy. By contrast, traditional offset printing creates what appears to be a full range of colors from a repeating grid of dots called a rosette.
Flesh tones are smoother and fine details appear sharper with stochastic screening than with traditional rosette from the same number of dots per inch (DPI). Complimenting its high-resolution inkjet printing, Reactive Imaging offers gang-run stochastic offset printing in quantities of as low as 250 pieces.